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Bataille sur le grand fleuve (Battle on the Great River) (1951)

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Directed by Jean Rouch

An account of hippopotamus hunting in the Niger river, this stirring film, with great attention to process and outstanding cinematography, was also the first project which Rouch screened for the subjects of the story, inviting their input (a practice he would continue henceforth). 

16mm, color, 33 min.